Kano State Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Yusuf Kofar-Mata has lost three family members and several valuables to a fire outbreak tgat gutted his house on Wednesday.
Kofar-Mata survived the incident but lost his daughter Maimuna, elder sister Khadija, and his brother’s wife Juwairiyya.
The fire started at the commissioner’s residence in the Kofar-Mata area of Kano while the family was asleep.
The spokesperson of the state fire service, Abdullahi Saminu, said the level of damage and cause of the inferno could not be ascertained immediately.
Meanwhile, Kofar-Mata expressed grief over the loss of three of his immediate family members.
“Unto Allah we came and to him we shall return. I mourn the loss of my daughter Maimuna (Islam), my senior sister Hajiya Khadija, and my brother’s wife, Juwairiyya, who were all perished in the fire accident this morning,” he said.
“Their funeral prayers will be conducted at 11 am at Kofar-Mata quarters, Kano City today.”
